Paul Moakley

Sep 15, 2024 | newyorker.com | Paul Moakley |Daniel Lombroso |Rachel Monroe

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors typically meets in a room in a building in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The members sit in swivel chairs on a dais, in front of a blue wall emblazoned with the county seal. It’s the kind of banal municipal setting that, in recent years, has become the backdrop for theatrical scenes of turmoil and confrontation.

Dec 15, 2023 | newyorker.com | Aziz Zoromba |Paul Moakley

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyBold cinematography and a soundtrack of throbbing Egyptian rap beats set the scene and compound a sense of social alienation that affects these men yet strengthens the family.